In September-October
\nECB\u2019s security team is expected to arrive in Pakistan later this month to assess security arrangements
\nNews Desk
\nIslamabad
\nLahore and Karachi are likely to host seven T20Is between Pakistan and England from September 15 to October 2, PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has confirmed. ESPNcricinfo understands the ECB\u2019s three-member security team is expected to arrive in Pakistan later this month to assess arrangements.
\nThough Pakistan have Multan and Rawalpindi as other venues to consider, Ramiz said that the schedule is \u201cvery tight and we can\u2019t go elsewhere\u201d. PCB is yet to announce the fixtures for the series, which will be the first instance of England touring Pakistan in 16 years. Following this series, Pakistan will depart for New Zealand on October 4 to participate in a T20I tri-series (also involving Bangladesh) in Christchurch from October 7 to 14. England, meanwhile, will return to Pakistan following the 2022 T20 World Cup for a three-Test series in November as a part of the World Test Championship.
\nThe pitches have been relaid in Karachi and Lahore and are expected to be ready ahead of the series. The tour was originally scheduled to be played in Rawalpindi last October but England had called off their visit following New Zealand\u2019s doing the same at the last minute over security issues.
\nEngland\u2019s new white-ball captain Jos Buttler had said last week that he does not expect to have his best team available for the series due to fixture congestion. England\u2019s red-ball players are unlikely to be available at the start of the limited-overs series in Pakistan, with England\u2019s third Test against South Africa due to finish on September 12.
\nThe upcoming series carries significance as England have not toured Pakistan since 2005 and two of Pakistan\u2019s home series in 2012 and 2016 were forced to be played in UAE. After England decided to withdraw their men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams\u2019 tours to Pakistan last year, Ramiz hit out at cricket\u2019s \u201cwestern bloc\u201d. The ECB cited bubble fatigue and \u201cincreasing concerns about travelling to the region\u201d to pull out of the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In September-October ECB\u2019s security team is expected to arrive in Pakistan later this month to assess security arrangements News Desk Islamabad Lahore and Karachi are likely to host seven T20Is between Pakistan and England from September 15 to October 2, PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has confirmed. ESPNcricinfo understands the ECB\u2019s three-member security team is expected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[1336,321,248,9337],"class_list":{"0":"post-269842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-england","9":"tag-karachi","10":"tag-lahore","11":"tag-t20is"},"yoast_head":"\n